In a recent feature for SUNews, Peter Saulson, Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, discussed the importance of GW170817 in cementing gravitational waves as a new tool for exploring the universe. “Whether we’re contributing observations of something that only gravitational wave detectors can see, or offering new understandings of phenomena that have puzzled astronomers for decades, the game of astronomy will never be the same without us,” said Saulson. Read more at news.syr.edu.